Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 772 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 132 Parallax 113 100% 123 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 119 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 457 465 428 386 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 432 Mixed 435 SusWrite 423 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.5 178% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 293 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 163 157 164 169 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 147 154 154 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 116 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 152 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 97%
SRT USB 8GB 364 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.9 3 2.9 2.9 3.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Read 4 Write 0.3 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 2.9 4% 2.72 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,061x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	724x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	424x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	275x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	186x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	177x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	126x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $934

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16